Wes Studi
Acting
- Born:
- 1947-12-17
- Place of birth:
- Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
Biography
Wesley "Wes" Studi (born December 17, 1947) is an American Cherokee actor, who has earned notability for his portrayals of Native Americans in film. He has appeared in well-received Academy Award-winning films, such as Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves, Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans, the award-winning Geronimo: An American Legend and the Academy Award-nominated film The New World (2005). He portrayed General Linus Abner (an analogue to the biblical Abner) in the NBC series Kings, and Eytukan in James Cameron's box office blockbuster Avatar.
Known For
Filmography
Seasons
Avatar: Fire and Ash
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
The Midway Point
Behind the Lines
The Roof
Mending the Line
Bonnie
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
A Love Song
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
American Veteran
Reservation Dogs
Soul
Woke
Badland
Miracle Workers
A Dog's Way Home
Hostiles
The Condemned 2
Ronnie BoDean
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Pie Lady of Pie Town
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Penny Dreadful
Road to Paloma
Sugar
Battledogs
Destination: Planet Negro!
Finding Your Roots
Being Flynn
Hell on Wheels
The Dome of Heaven
A Good Day to Die
Making The Last of the Mohicans
Ink: A Tale of Captivity
Reel Injun
Avatar
The Only Good Indian
21 and a Wake-Up
Call of the Wild
Kings
The Undying
The Mentalist
In Plain Sight
Older Than America
El Camino
Comanche Moon
Three Priests
Cosmic Radio
Wolf Ridge
Saving Grace
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Seraphim Falls
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
The New World
Miracle at Sage Creek
Into the West
Animal
Grey's Anatomy
A Thief Of Time
Edge of America
Coyote Waits
The Lone Ranger
Skinwalkers
Undisputed
Superfire
UC: Undercover
Road to Redemption
Christmas in the Clouds
Ice Planet
Wind River
Mystery Men
Soundman
The Directors
Deep Rising
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
The Killing Jar
Promised Land
Crazy Horse
Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
Heat
Streets of Laredo
Lone Justice 2
Street Fighter
Indian America: A Gift from the Past
Geronimo: An American Legend
The Broken Chain
Ned Blessing
Highlander: The Series
The Last of the Mohicans
The Doors
Dances with Wolves
The Flash
Powwow Highway
American Experience
Longarm
Terra Infirma
As Deep as the Grave
Candles
Brave
Timber Lands
The Pipeline
Exhale